Vol. 16-Mondo Hollywood (1997) (Cool/Barbarella/Apartment )

Product Summary Label: Emd/capitol UPC: 00724385256028 Release Date: 6/3/1997 Buy.com Sku: 60135489 Item#: M9DCCT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Experiment In Terror - Al Caiola ~ Various Artists 2. A Man And A Woman / Live For Life - Billy May/Leroy Holmes ~ Various Artists 3. Barbarella - Ferrante & Teicher ~ Various Artists 4. Cool - Martin Denny ~ Various Artists 5. Hot Rod Rhumble - Sandy Courage ~ Various Artists 6. Pink Panther / It Had Better Be Tonight - Plas Johnson ~ Various Artists 7. Beat Girl - John Barry ~ Various Artists 8. You Gotta Taste All The Fruit - Leroy Holmes ~ Various Artists 9. The Shadow Of Your Smile / Days Of Wine And Roses - Ray Anthony/George Shearing ~ Various Artists 10. Theme From "The Apartment" - Tito Rodriguez ~ Various Artists 11. Watch What Happens - Denny McLain ~ Various Artists 12. I, A Lover / De Sade - Leroy Holmes ~ Various Artists 13. Seance On A Wet Afternoon - John Barry ~ Various Artists 14. Girl Talk - Billy May ~ Various Artists 15. Moon River - Henry Jerome ~ Various Artists 16. You Only Live Twice / Thunderball - Sir Julian/Elliott Fisher ~ Various Artists 17. Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The - Leroy Holmes ~ Various Artists 18. Your Zowie Face - Nelson Riddle ~ Various Artists 19. (untitled) - (bonus track) ~ Various Artists (C) Capitol   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series. The 16th volume of the Ultra-Lounge series is one of its finest. As its subtitle indicates, Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood focuses on soundtrack music reinterpreted in a lounge style. This tactic works nicely because the material chosen is resilient enough to withstand the interesting interpretations they get here: Good examples include Henry Jerome's take on "Moon River," which transforms this ballad into brassy, finger-snapping pop, and Sir Julian's take on "You Only Live Twice," which boils this grandiose James Bond film theme down to a smoky, organ-driven exotica instrumental. This disc also highlights some fun instrumentals from lesser-known films that are just as entertaining as the better-known themes: John Barry's "Beat Girl" combines The Man With the Golden Arm-styled swinging brass with the guitar twang of the Ventures to create a wild and entertaining slice of lounge pop, and Sandy Courage's "Hot Rod Rumble" sets wailing Vegas-styled horns to an insistent pop-jazz beat. A few cuts pale in comparison to the originals (Leroy Holmes' version of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" smooths out that theme's experimental edges and dulls it down in the process), but the majority of the tunes here are catchy and entertaining. As a result, Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood is a cool sampler of lounge pop and a good way to get acquainted with this compilation series. ~ Donald A. Guarisco   Technical Info Release Date : 06/03/1997 Original Release Date : 1997 Catalog ID : 52560 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724385256028    Product Image